CVE-2026-49461
6.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.12.2, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting the text of a page which contains a form XObject with self-references. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12.2.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| py-pdf | pypdf | < 6.12.2 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-400: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-j543-4vmf-qm7v
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3805
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.12.2
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